Unit 13 : Comprehension & Sum up

Choose true or false.

The story about Grace Darling is a true story.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

Choose true or false.

A biography is when a person writes about his own life or part of his life.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

Choose true or false.

Grace lived in a lighthouse because her father was a lighthouse keeper.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

Choose true or false.

The captain of the Forfarshire didn't know that one of the engines was leaking.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

Choose true or false.

Grace thought that she saw seals on the rocks when she looked out of her window at dawn.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

Choose true or false.

William Darling agreed to go out by himself to save the people on the rocks.

• True

• False

• I can't tell

The captain was relieved when he saw the ----------light that was coming from the lighthouse.

• faint

• dawn

• slightly

When the two engines stopped working, the ship began to -----------.

• tossed

• drift

• swept

The ship had struck the rocks ------------ and began to sink.

• slightly

• selflessly

• forcefully

One person could never --------to row the boat in the --------sea.

• manage - ferocious

• pleaded - swept

• terrible - faint